---
type: "Bill"
title: "State parks: armed services: fee waiver."
description: "Existing law requires certain veterans of a war in which the United States is or has been engaged, upon application and presentation to the Department of Parks and Recreation of certain proof, including proof of a disability or proof of being held captive as a prisoner of war, to be issued a pass entitling the bearer use of all facilities, including boat launching facilities, in units of the state park system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 150"
citation: "California AB 150 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State parks: armed services: fee waiver."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Olsen"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2013-01-18"
last_action: "2013-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6edc1261-55ff-4adb-918a-d9eb05d52b2d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB150"
source_hash: "4f74757efd6ce56d481946c730b6e5685b0aae8f79c8b63c7bc09e6c0770f9f9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 150 (20132014) — State parks: armed services: fee waiver.

Existing law requires certain veterans of a war in which the United States is or has been engaged, upon application and presentation to the Department of Parks and Recreation of certain proof, including proof of a disability or proof of being held captive as a prisoner of war, to be issued a pass entitling the bearer use of all facilities, including boat launching facilities, in units of the state park system.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **01/18/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB150&version=20130AB15099INT)
2. **03/13/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB150&version=20130AB15098AMD)
3. **04/03/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB150&version=20130AB15097AMD)
4. **04/11/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB150&version=20130AB15096AMD)
5. **05/24/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB150&version=20130AB15095AMD)
6. **09/03/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB150&version=20130AB15094AMD)
7. **10/10/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB150&version=20130AB15092CHP)
8. **AB150** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB150)
9. **09/16/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB150&version=20130AB15093ENR)

## Votes

- Amend, and do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 150 OLSEN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 150 OLSEN Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB150 Olsen By Fuller — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Olsen — primary (person)
- Achadjian — coauthor (person)
- Beth Gaines — coauthor (person)
- Bigelow — coauthor (person)
- Cannella — coauthor (person)
- Chávez — coauthor (person)
- Fuller — coauthor (person)
- Gaines — coauthor (person)
- Gorell — coauthor (person)
- Grove — coauthor (person)
- Harkey — coauthor (person)
- Huff — coauthor (person)
- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
- Nielsen — coauthor (person)
- Padilla — coauthor (person)
- Patterson — coauthor (person)
- Salas — coauthor (person)
- V. Manuel Pérez — coauthor (person)
- Wagner — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-01-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-01-22** From printer. May be heard in committee February 21.
- **2013-02-07** Referred to Coms. on W.,P. & W. and V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W.,P. & W. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-03-14** Re-referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-02** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on V.A. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-03** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on V.A. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-15** Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-24** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1733.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-13** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-12** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2243.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-09-10** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
- **2013-09-10** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
- **2013-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3088.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 688, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6edc1261-55ff-4adb-918a-d9eb05d52b2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).